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Inside: Phil Keaggy Interview
Continued on page 8
CLARION
BETHEL COLLEGE
ST. PAUL MN
VOL 65 NO. 5
NOVEMBER 10, 1989
Royal Victory
by Kris Maveus
These past two weeks have been both
good and bad for the Bethel football
team.
The most recent game for the team was
against Macalester. The team had an
excellent game as they defeated Macalester, 40-21. States Senior Brian Hess,
"The game showed exactly how we've
wanted to play." And indeed the stats
from the Macalester game reflect this
effort. Defensively, Bethel stopped all
running plays. Macalester only gained
48 yards on the ground. Head Coach
Steve Johnson comments, "It was great
to be on the winning end. We played
hard throughout the whole game."
Continues Johnson, "The proudest
moment of the game was being able
to hold the ball for 60 minutes of the
game." This holding of the ball
reflected not only in the final score, but
in the various plays of the game. Mike
' Ackerman had 13 carries and 172
yards. Freshman running back Chris
Wiens carried the ball for 100 yards.
The third running back for the Royals,
T.J. Ragan, also had an excellent game.
States Ackerman, "We are sometimes
hard on ourselves if we don't break
good. But in the game against Macalester, there were huge holes and we
were all doing the right things and this
is what won us the game."
Ackerman adds, "With 2 or 3 great
quarterbacks it took Macalester off
guard, but it made us more confident. A
lot of the credit for us goes to Chris
Meidt. He threw a number of key
passes." Players like Hess and Ackerman feel that it was good to beat Macalester. Comments Ackerman, "It was
good to beat them. Macalester is one of
those teams that you have to beat to be
"Macalester is one of those
teams you have to beat to be
respected in the MIAC."
—Akerman
respected in the MIAC."
Prior to their victory against Macalester, the Royals were defeated 17-0 by
Gustavus. States Johnson, "It was a disappointing game, but our defense
played probably the best game of the
year." By impressive stats such as yards
gained, Bethel stood nearly 2 to 1
ahead of Gustavus. However, the
Royals lost. Says Johnson, "It's hard to
Junior Pete Haugen shows his elation over a Bethel touchdown.
Photo by Mark Bruce
win a game when you turn the ball
over 8 times, like we did. We felt like
we outplayed them, even though the
overall score didn't reflect it. They
tended to score after the miscues of
our special team." But even with their
loss, Johnson still felt that it was a good
game, especially for players such as
Jon Eliason, Paul Carlson, Brian Hess,
Chris Arenz, Chris Hess and Mike
Continued on page 10
Faculty votes on curriculum changes
by Joanie Daggett
On Tuesday, November 7, Bethel's
faculty passed several proposed curriculum changes. According to Tricia Brownlee, Dean of Natural and Social Sciences, these are the first major changes in
the current curriculum since it was instituted five years ago.
The proposal recommended adding a
math requirement to Bethel's curriculum,
and merging several existing General
Education categories. However, Brownlee says that the changes, which will be
instituted in the fall of 1990, "would in no
way affect this year's seniors." She adds,
"No current students...will be negatively
affected by the changes."
Brownlee says that the attempt to fit
foreign languages into the General Education program was "the major impetus" for reviewing and readjusting the
curriculum. She says, "We believe that
[knowing a foreign language] is part of
being an educated person." She adds
that the emphasis on foreign languages
is part of a national trend to stress these
in the college curriculum. Currently, foreign language credits are electives in
Bethel's curriculum.
The category will have two subcategories: "Cultures" and "Systems." Students
will be required to take one course from
the "Cultures" subcategory, which will
include courses which are currently
Human Diversity courses and Modern
World Language courses. Students will
also be required to take one course
from the "Systems" subcategory, which
will include current Social Systems and
World Views courses. The Experience
Option will also be part of the "Systems" subcategory. Students will be
required to take a third course in the
World Citizenship category, from either
"Systems" or "Cultures."
The proposal initially did not include the
"Systems" and "Cultures" subcategories. Instead, it was to "include those
[courses] presently designated as
Human Diversity, Social Systems, and
World Views as well as the Experience
Option." However, this was revised to
include the subcateogries. ta
To make foreign languages part of the
General Education program, the proposal suggested creating a new category called "World Citizenship." According to the proposal, this category would
"include those [categories] presently
designated as Human Diversity, Social
Systems, and World Views as well as the
Experience Option." Students would be
required to take nine credits from this
category. Modern Language Courses
would fit into this category.
The proposed math requirement will
affect those who fail to pass a math
competency test before their sophomore year. Students who have not
passed this test before accumulating 30
credits will be required to take a math
course. Certain existing courses will fulfill this requirement. According to the
proposal, a new course, dealing with
"the skills and competences needed by
'educated' persons in today's and
tomorrow's technological society" will
be added. The new course will also fulfill
the math requirement. Currently, Bethel
students are only required to pass a
math competency test before
graduation.
Another change involves "merging two
senior level categories, Personal Wholeness (PW), and Contemporary Christian
Choices (CCC), into a new category
called 'Christian Contemporary Issues'
(CCI)," according to the proposal.
The proposal states that the reason for
this change is that "senior schedules
have little flexibility which makes finding
room for two General Education
requirements (PW and CCC) very
difficult."
According to Brownlee, the proposed
changes could reduce the number of
electives in four majors which already
have few electives. In these majors are
Nursing Physical Education K-12, Life
Science Secondary Education and Social
Studies Secondary Education, Students
who did not pass the math competency
test their freshman year would be
required to take a math course. This
would reduce the number of electives in
thier majors by three credits.
The proposal also contained suggestions
to make the non-credit option of fulfilling
Bethel's Artistic Activity requirement
more available fo students. The non-
credit option is already part of Bethel's
curriculum, but has not been implemented well, according to Brownlee.
However, this issue is being dealt with by
the departments concerned, so it was
removed fromt he proposal.
The proposal was submitted by an II
member Curriculum Review Task Force,
which began reviewing the curriculum
last spring.

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Inside: Phil Keaggy Interview
Continued on page 8
CLARION
BETHEL COLLEGE
ST. PAUL MN
VOL 65 NO. 5
NOVEMBER 10, 1989
Royal Victory
by Kris Maveus
These past two weeks have been both
good and bad for the Bethel football
team.
The most recent game for the team was
against Macalester. The team had an
excellent game as they defeated Macalester, 40-21. States Senior Brian Hess,
"The game showed exactly how we've
wanted to play." And indeed the stats
from the Macalester game reflect this
effort. Defensively, Bethel stopped all
running plays. Macalester only gained
48 yards on the ground. Head Coach
Steve Johnson comments, "It was great
to be on the winning end. We played
hard throughout the whole game."
Continues Johnson, "The proudest
moment of the game was being able
to hold the ball for 60 minutes of the
game." This holding of the ball
reflected not only in the final score, but
in the various plays of the game. Mike
' Ackerman had 13 carries and 172
yards. Freshman running back Chris
Wiens carried the ball for 100 yards.
The third running back for the Royals,
T.J. Ragan, also had an excellent game.
States Ackerman, "We are sometimes
hard on ourselves if we don't break
good. But in the game against Macalester, there were huge holes and we
were all doing the right things and this
is what won us the game."
Ackerman adds, "With 2 or 3 great
quarterbacks it took Macalester off
guard, but it made us more confident. A
lot of the credit for us goes to Chris
Meidt. He threw a number of key
passes." Players like Hess and Ackerman feel that it was good to beat Macalester. Comments Ackerman, "It was
good to beat them. Macalester is one of
those teams that you have to beat to be
"Macalester is one of those
teams you have to beat to be
respected in the MIAC."
—Akerman
respected in the MIAC."
Prior to their victory against Macalester, the Royals were defeated 17-0 by
Gustavus. States Johnson, "It was a disappointing game, but our defense
played probably the best game of the
year." By impressive stats such as yards
gained, Bethel stood nearly 2 to 1
ahead of Gustavus. However, the
Royals lost. Says Johnson, "It's hard to
Junior Pete Haugen shows his elation over a Bethel touchdown.
Photo by Mark Bruce
win a game when you turn the ball
over 8 times, like we did. We felt like
we outplayed them, even though the
overall score didn't reflect it. They
tended to score after the miscues of
our special team." But even with their
loss, Johnson still felt that it was a good
game, especially for players such as
Jon Eliason, Paul Carlson, Brian Hess,
Chris Arenz, Chris Hess and Mike
Continued on page 10
Faculty votes on curriculum changes
by Joanie Daggett
On Tuesday, November 7, Bethel's
faculty passed several proposed curriculum changes. According to Tricia Brownlee, Dean of Natural and Social Sciences, these are the first major changes in
the current curriculum since it was instituted five years ago.
The proposal recommended adding a
math requirement to Bethel's curriculum,
and merging several existing General
Education categories. However, Brownlee says that the changes, which will be
instituted in the fall of 1990, "would in no
way affect this year's seniors." She adds,
"No current students...will be negatively
affected by the changes."
Brownlee says that the attempt to fit
foreign languages into the General Education program was "the major impetus" for reviewing and readjusting the
curriculum. She says, "We believe that
[knowing a foreign language] is part of
being an educated person." She adds
that the emphasis on foreign languages
is part of a national trend to stress these
in the college curriculum. Currently, foreign language credits are electives in
Bethel's curriculum.
The category will have two subcategories: "Cultures" and "Systems." Students
will be required to take one course from
the "Cultures" subcategory, which will
include courses which are currently
Human Diversity courses and Modern
World Language courses. Students will
also be required to take one course
from the "Systems" subcategory, which
will include current Social Systems and
World Views courses. The Experience
Option will also be part of the "Systems" subcategory. Students will be
required to take a third course in the
World Citizenship category, from either
"Systems" or "Cultures."
The proposal initially did not include the
"Systems" and "Cultures" subcategories. Instead, it was to "include those
[courses] presently designated as
Human Diversity, Social Systems, and
World Views as well as the Experience
Option." However, this was revised to
include the subcateogries. ta
To make foreign languages part of the
General Education program, the proposal suggested creating a new category called "World Citizenship." According to the proposal, this category would
"include those [categories] presently
designated as Human Diversity, Social
Systems, and World Views as well as the
Experience Option." Students would be
required to take nine credits from this
category. Modern Language Courses
would fit into this category.
The proposed math requirement will
affect those who fail to pass a math
competency test before their sophomore year. Students who have not
passed this test before accumulating 30
credits will be required to take a math
course. Certain existing courses will fulfill this requirement. According to the
proposal, a new course, dealing with
"the skills and competences needed by
'educated' persons in today's and
tomorrow's technological society" will
be added. The new course will also fulfill
the math requirement. Currently, Bethel
students are only required to pass a
math competency test before
graduation.
Another change involves "merging two
senior level categories, Personal Wholeness (PW), and Contemporary Christian
Choices (CCC), into a new category
called 'Christian Contemporary Issues'
(CCI)," according to the proposal.
The proposal states that the reason for
this change is that "senior schedules
have little flexibility which makes finding
room for two General Education
requirements (PW and CCC) very
difficult."
According to Brownlee, the proposed
changes could reduce the number of
electives in four majors which already
have few electives. In these majors are
Nursing Physical Education K-12, Life
Science Secondary Education and Social
Studies Secondary Education, Students
who did not pass the math competency
test their freshman year would be
required to take a math course. This
would reduce the number of electives in
thier majors by three credits.
The proposal also contained suggestions
to make the non-credit option of fulfilling
Bethel's Artistic Activity requirement
more available fo students. The non-
credit option is already part of Bethel's
curriculum, but has not been implemented well, according to Brownlee.
However, this issue is being dealt with by
the departments concerned, so it was
removed fromt he proposal.
The proposal was submitted by an II
member Curriculum Review Task Force,
which began reviewing the curriculum
last spring.